Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Vp/Va Copolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Vp/Va Copolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 92 products, most often hair care.
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What does Vp/Va Copolymer do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Vp/Va Copolymer leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails, holds a powder or a pressed product together and holds a hairstyle. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: film forming, binding and hair fixing.
What other names and numbers does Vp/Va Copolymer have?
- CAS number
- 25086-89-9
- CosIng reference
- 60160
Which products contain Vp/Va Copolymer?
Open Beauty Facts finds Vp/Va Copolymer in the ingredient lists of 92 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, hair gels and eyebrow makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 28 · France 21 · Australia 10 · United States 9.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Vp/Va Copolymer turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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